MichelisafirstgenerationAmericanborninManhattanonApril16,1960toparentswhonarrowlysurvivedtheHolocaust.TheythemselvessprungfromtheGreatDiaspora,whichbeganfortheirparentsinMoscow,Odessa,KievandtheUkraine.Michel'smother,NadineGill,livesinNewYork,hisfather,JamesVladimirGill,livedinSwitzerlanduntilhisdeathin1995.Jameswaslesspre-occupiedwithhavingsurvivedthehorribleeventsofthe...(展开全部)　　MichelisafirstgenerationAmericanborninManhattanonApril16,1960toparentswhonarrowlysurvivedtheHolocaust.TheythemselvessprungfromtheGreatDiaspora,whichbeganfortheirparentsinMoscow,Odessa,KievandtheUkraine.Michel'smother,NadineGill,livesinNewYork,hisfather,JamesVladimirGill,livedinSwitzerlanduntilhisdeathin1995.Jameswaslesspre-occupiedwithhavingsurvivedthehorribleeventsofthe30'sand40'sandmoreconcernedabouthowhewasgoingtosurvivesurvival.　　Michelhasthreesistersandoftenwondered,growingup,ifheshouldn'thavebeencalledAndre.Nina,KittyandNatashaaresprinkledaroundtheglobeandhavenodesiretoreturntoMoscow...so...thereendeththeChekhovanalogy.HisfirstlanguagewasFrenchhissecond,English...thencameLatin,Greek,GermanandRussian.Atthisjuncture,he'samazedhecanaskwherethe'can'isinoneofthem!　　MichelisthrilledtobeplayingPOTUSintheNETFLIXproductionof"HouseofCards."HisfascinationwithUSPresidentsbeganattheageof3,duringtheyearheandhisfamilylivedinParis.HecanvividlyrecallstudyingthepictureofthatboysalutingacasketonthatfamouseditionofParisMatch.Michelfelthewasthatboy...dressedthesameway;shorts,powder-bluecoat...slighlyknock-kneed.Wewereallthatlittleboyandwehadalllostafatherfigure.Howcouldanationhealfromsuchdevastation?WhatuntoldsecretsrestednotsopeacefullyatArlingtonCemetery?　　Michelhasalwaysbeenabsorbedwiththenotsodelicatebalancebetweenthesecretspresidentskeepandthelittlewe,thepeople,know.How,asanation,weoffsetthosetwoandinformourselveswithouttippingoverintoinvention,conspiracytheoryorpettiness.Now,asPresidentGarrettWalker,hecanfinallypretendtoknow.